Boy Scouts should be careful about what door they open

Monday

Feb 11, 2013 at 12:01 AMFeb 11, 2013 at 3:17 PM

Just wanted to reply to Brent Lancaster’s Feb. 1 column regarding gays in Scouting. I believe everyone should be allowed to live their life- sexual orientation as they please between two consenting adults and do no harm to anyone. The issues I have with gay scoutmasters not gay Scouts are as follows.

â–ª Safety of innocent children.

â–ª The courts have ruled that BSA is a private organization and can choose who they want in their organization. I believe individual clubs may choose for themselves and understand the risk with parental notification.

â–ª A small minority of people should not be able to push their beliefs or pressure financial supporters that are contrary to the founding principles of a private organization regarding sexual orientation.

â–ª If gays want to start/have an organization with gay leaders they have every right to do that.

â–ª Will supporters take responsibility when this type of social engineering causes an increase in child molestations?

The ACLU believes convicted child molesters should be allowed to give candy to children on Halloween (court case in Missouri a few years back). Once the door is open, groups like NABLA might think they have the right to be BSA Leaders too.

In closing, will you apply those same principles when a small group of the population (5-7 percent) decides against one of your core beliefs / principals saying they are now normalized? That you should accept their morals upon you. Look what the new healthcare is forcing religious organizations to do regarding birth control against their beliefs.

Just a few words of wisdom from someone who’s worked with children for over 20 years. Be careful of opening Pandora’s Box under the guise of social equality, justice or fairness.